Thursday, December 4, 2014
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Decile changes
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Drop in ratings means more funding for several local schools By DALE WICKEN A Government review of school deciles has resulted in changes for a number of Palmerston North schools. The biggest movers locally were Kimbolton School and Palmerston North Adventist Christian School which both dropped two points to decile three, Rongotea School which rose two points to an eight and Linton Country School, which dropped from decile nine to six. Palmerston North Boys’ High School and Palmerston North Girls’ High School both dropped from decile nine to decile eight. The decile rating relates directly to funding where the higher the decile, the less Government funding the school receives. A decile one school can get up to $905.81 per pupil to target educational achievement but a decile 10 school gets nothing. Census information is used to calculate the decile. A higher decile number reflects a higher socio-economic school community. While the decile had dropped three points for Linton Country School, principal Bill Kaandorp said it would have little effect on them. “Because we’re a small school there’s only a slight increase for us. Emotionally it doesn’t have any impact on me at all because it’s only slight.” Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School has dropped one decile from nine to
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PLEASED: Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School principal David Jopson agrees with the new decile his school’s been given. PHOTO: DALE WICKEN
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I’m pleased to get more funding that can be put towards students. The extra funding will be channelled into learning.
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— DAVID JOPSON, Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School principal
eight. The school will receive an additional $12,000 in Government funding. Principal David Jopson said he always thought his school should be around an eight.
“I’m pleased to get more funding that can be put towards students. The extra funding will be channelled into learning.” Last week, education minister Hekia Parata
announced the Government was aware schools whose funding would be cut as result of moving to a higher decide would need time to adjust and “an 18-month transition period and additional funding will assist them”. Nationwide, the largest funding increase was for decile one Southern Cross Campus school in Auckland, whose funding increases by $161,000. The biggest decrease was for Hastings Boys’ High School which loses out on $129,000.
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